Sons of the Forest is something of a phenomenon right now over on PC, selling more than $2 million copies in its first 24 hours on the market. A PlayStation iteration has yet to be announced but we imagine one has to be in the works if only by virtue of the popularity of its predecessor, 2018's cannibal-filled survival game, The Forest, enjoyed last month.
The PS4 iteration of The Forest ranked as the third most-downloaded game on the platform in Europe (losing out to megalith The Last of Us: Part II and the perpetually popular Minecraft), and eighth in the US. The Forest itself has racked up an impressive 5 million sales in its own right since launch, and can regularly be found at a discounted price.
Sons of the Forest was released into Early Access on 23rd February, which makes the feat even more impressive, launching so late into the sales cycle, and not being the final product, to boot.
Are you a fan of The Forest? Are you hoping a PlayStation iteration of Sons of the Forest makes its way to our collective platform of choice in the not-too-distant future? Do whatever it takes to survive in the comments section below.
[source blog.playstation.com]
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Woohoo! I can’t wait for Sons of the Forest to come to PS5!!!
This is one game Sony needs to get put on ps5 ASAP!
Why do literally always the most boring and bad games get the most success in the mainstream. Just why. It's so effin depressing.
Why do literally always the most boring and bad commenters feel the need to voice their negative opinions? If you’re looking for attention try adding something rather than just being a troll.
The game looks really interesting, I think I'll play it on pc since fps and survival games is better played with mouse and keyboard.
Survival games has crazy value, I played valheim for about 98 hours and still didn't meet the second boss yet, too busy making small fortress lol.
@GorosBat once its out of early access itl come to consoles like the original did. Honestly worth waiting from the sound of the first patch notes
Hope they add VR mode like the first game!
Need to scratch that survival horror itch.
I watched a stream of Sons of the Forest. It looks like a fun time.
I actually have the first game on my PC and some friends want to try it in VR.
I've played every co-op survival game on PS4 with my girlfriend including Ark, Stranded Deep, The Forest, 7 Days to Die and Green Hell. Hopefully this comes to PS5 down the line as it looks amazing. Hopefully the bump in the originals sales will encourage this
Also, if anyone can suggest any other co-op survival games on PS4/5, I'd appreciate it.
@Kiefer-Sutherland If you haven’t played Rust I’d suggest that. My wife, my sister and I have played over 1000 hours of it. It’s brutal because of the always online element (like in Ark) but securing your base and loot while you’re offline is a big part of the fun.
I’d also recommend DayZ. It’s an even more hardcore experience since there are a lot of complicated mechanics that take a while to learn and navigation is done mostly by stars, road signs and position of the sun etc. But because it’s more realistic it can feel quite satisfying if you’re into a hardcore experience.
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